I attended Daytona as a guest of Hollywood video, the year they
sponsored a car (Ricky Bobby, or Jimmy Dale Bubba, or someone like
that). I went to the real parties, was so deep into the pits I got in
the way during a tire change. It was kind of interesting. My best
friend, the late Barney Li, dragged me to a couple of races when Eagle
One (the company he founded) was Mark Martin's sponsor. We watched
from up in the skyboxes, ate shrimp and stuff. Kind of fun.
I accidentally went to a vintage race at PIR by myself, on my
motorcycle. Didn't know a soul there. Just wandered the pits, looked
at the cars, watched the races. Changed my life.
On Oct 24, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Kramer, Robert wrote:
> I was not a fan of NASCAR until I went to a race with corporate
> group. With a sponsored car driver to root for the dynamics change,
> and I think that the fan base that drools over Junior or Tony or
> whoever has found that same dynamic. I walked down trackside by the
> front straight with some customer and the rush of air, the smell of
> rubber and fuel is intoxicating. Take in a NASCAR race live and you
> may start to like it....and whether you like it or not, aren't we
> all enjoying the rebirth of road racing with Grand Am which is tied
> closely to NASCAR? Combined with the ALMS we have great racing to
> watch.
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